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Nigeria: Former Director Gets 20 Years Jail Term

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:55:13 GMT

Lagos — A Lagos High Court yesterday sentenced a former Director in the Oyo State Civil Service Mrs. Helen Banke Laoye to 20 years imprisonment on a two count charge of fraud levelled against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Source: AllAfrica.com

Judge Orders New Haven Firefighters to Receive Promotions

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:58:51 GMT

Five months after winning a landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, 14 white and Hispanic firefighters in New Haven, Conn. , will soon receive the promotions they were denied on the basis of their race.
Source: ABC News

Ghana: No 'Political' Dismissals in Civil Service - Mills

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:23:29 GMT

President John Atta Mills would not remove any Civil Servant from office, solely on the account of political or party affiliation to fulfil the demand of some party activists.
Source: AllAfrica.com

Court Throws Out Mills' Order

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:05:49 GMT

An Accra Fast Track High Court (FTC) has quashed the directives of the President, His Excellency Prof John Evans Atta Mills, ordering the interdiction of the Principal Accountant of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, following a National Security...
Source: AllAfrica.com

Constitution Review - HOS, Others Draw Up Position Paper

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:10:57 GMT

Abuja — Head of Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye and his colleagues from the 36 States yesterday raised a 6-man committee to draw up a position paper on the issues concerning the civil service in view of the review of the 1999...
Source: AllAfrica.com

Joseph Lynn, 79; served Clifton as city manager in '80s

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:32:09 GMT

Joseph Lynn, who weathered a politically turbulent five years as Clifton city manager, died Nov. 18. He was 79 and lived in Marlton. The cause was cancer, said his daughter, Doreen Lynn-Marchello of Clifton.
Source: NorthJersey.com

Public sector unions agree payroll costs must be cut next year

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:50:39 GMT

TRADE UNION leaders have acknowledged for the first time that temporary measures which would reduce public sector earnings next year are necessary if across-the board pay cuts are to be avoided.
Source: Irish Times

Exchequer expected to save €50m in public sector pay

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:28:13 GMT

THE COST: OFFICIAL SOURCES have estimated that the one-day strike will save the exchequer about €50 million in public sector pay.
Source: Irish Times

Quoted in 'McLoone warns of more strikes'

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:01:26 GMT

said in Irish Times:

The union has also told management that cover in the Civil Service will be limited to the coastguard service, a limited Met Office service to ensure safety at sea, emergency forensic investigations, opening the Oireachtas, and court appearances where failure to appear would be deemed contempt of court

Quoted in 'Home Office accounts set the standard after disastrous past'

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:51:09 GMT

said in Accountancy Age:

The Home Office has come a long way since 2006 when its basic financial systems and processes were in disarray. Such has been its progress in improving its financial management that it is now being extolled by the Cabinet Office as a model of good progress in the Civil Service.

Future of the Left - I am Civil Service

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:39:29 GMT

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Fri, 15 May 2009 14:01:00 GMT

French Minister of State for Civil Service and Mayor of Paris suburb Issy-les-Moulineaux Andre Santini poses for a photo with the Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year 2009 award at the French consulate in New York on May 15, 2009.

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Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:09:00 GMT

French Minister of Budget, Public Accounts, & the Civil Service Eric Woerth (2L) gestures during a meeting with Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro (R) in Caracas on April 23, 2009.